Jennifer, and Bonita..great points!
Motivation is certainly a factor, but I think it's essential
to monitor the students who want to read books beyond their level.
With the younger struggling readers,I believe it's important to stick with
leveled reading to increase fluency and comprehensi
We will continue to be a "nation at risk" if we have readers who are
struggling so much to decode that they can't comprehend what they're
reading. The emphasis on fluency is so that students learn to read
accurately and automatically...
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Too cold for me, girls85 warm degrees in Arizona! :)
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OK,
Think-alouds are often done during read-alouds. A think-aloud is when the
teacher actually models what she is thinking.
For example, the teacher might say: " As I read this sentence, I'm
thinking that the girl must be disappointed because the story says she is
pouting, and she wasn't able t
Kelli~
I recently got some scripts from the Reading Lady website.
I'm not sure where they have gone.
I am teaching a reader's theater class for our district, and I
have a lot of resources. If you'd like you can email me directly
at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
:) Mary
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Patti~
Whenever I have to make an important decision, I make a pro/con list. This
helps me to make a choice that I can feel comfortable with. Without knowing
much about your situation these are the pros/cons I see:
Pros for first grade:
If you've taught 1st grade for 30 years, you've go
I teach a program (PAL) similar to REACH. Even though we are a title
school, we can still use this model for first graders...
Interestingly enough, I just came back from a training in the Voyager
Program. We are using it for our district SEI/ELL Summer School. Talk about
a scripted progr
I absolutely agree, Renee...We often feel the pressure to teach
to the text, and are not allowed the independence to teach students!
p.s. are you in Phoenix?
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me.
> I am not in Phoenix, nor have I ever been there. I live in Northern
> California. I think I have multiple lives. :-)
>
> Renee
>
> On May 3, 2008, at 3:31 PM, Mary and Pete Montoya wrote:
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>> I absolutely agree, Renee...We often feel the pressure
It's too bad teachers aren't politicians!
...love the quotes!!
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" Hi
Here are some of the things we use for initial assessment:
DIBELS
Ohio Word Test
Gentry Word Test
Rigby Benchmark ORAs
Stahl/Murray Phonemic Awareness
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Reading for Meaning--Debbie Miller
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> Hi all,
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> I so trust advice from this list.
John,
I would love to have the notes from the institute. I was unable to attend
this year. I am currently teaching a district class on using reader's
theater, so this sounds very appealing.
Thanks,
Mary
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I would love to review Adventures in Graphica!
Thanks,
Mary Montoya
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Melissa,
I recently got a grant for parent/family involvement. I purchased take-home
literacy games from the Frog Learning Company. The students take home the
games to play with a family member. I will be implementing this program in
the fall, and I believe it will be successful. It is a grea
There is also a great article in April's Reading Teacher.
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Good afternoon,
My name is Eunice and I am a graduate s
Victoria!
I think by using a balanced approach to literacy, you can differentiate your
instruction, while meeting the needs your various student groups. Be sure to
include a lot of word study, and comprehension instruction, using all kinds
of text/genres.
For your guided reading groups I would u
I agree with Kenneth! Reader's Theater is so great! I also use puppets to
do retells.
The children love them!
Mary
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I do NOT believe nonsense words should be taught in isolation just to pass
DIBELS!!
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It does sound like it might be auditory. I may have missed an earlier
post...is he currently in speech? I would suggest going back to the
beginning of the spectrum and work on letter-sound correspondence, rhyming,
isolating sounds, etc., and go onto the phonics piece. I know there are some
pu
I, too, feel that we sometimes depend on DIBELS too much to make placement
decisions. It is a screening tool, and a place to begin, but it's also
important to use oral reading analysis benchmarks, and phonemic/phonics
assessments. This gives a much broader view of the students' skills.
Mary
I use oral reading analyses/running records. I get much more information
from these than anything, since they measure comprehension, fluency, and
accuracy.
Mary
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> What
This Texas site has some wonderful strategies and games in the 5 areas of
literacy. This is a great companion to the Florida website. Thanks, Cheryl!
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>I recently a professi
We, too, are looking for speakers for our 50th Anniversary of the Arizona
Reading Conference in September. Any suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks,Mary!
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I recently did a presentation on language and auditory processing, and these
problems may be related to a disorder in central auditory processing. Some
of the other "symptoms" are the following behaviors:
~75% are males
~normal pure tone hearing
~trouble following directions
~short attention
Angela,
Much of the information I used was from research on speech/language
acquisition and learning disabilities. Here are some of the resources:
Teaching with the Brain in Mind by Jensen
Endangered Minds by Healy
Overcoming Dyslexia by Shaywitz
http://www.ldonline.org/article/8056
http://www.ce
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